Natas (computer virus)
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| Natas | |
|---|---|
| Malware details | |
| Technical name | Natas |
| Type | Computer virus |
| Isolation date | May 1992 |
| Origin | United States |
| Author | James Gentile |
| Technical details | |
| Platform | DOS |
Natas (Satan spelled backwards) is a computer virus written by James Gentile, a then-18-year-old hacker from San Diego, California who went by the alias of "Little Loc" and later "Priest". The virus was made for a Mexican politician who wanted to win the Mexican elections by affecting all the Mexican Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) computers with a floppy disk.[1]
Natas is a memory-resident stealth virus and is highly polymorphic, that affects master boot records, boot sectors of diskettes, files .COM and also .exe programs.[2]